<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2ZjYs2_0vksrAtF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2ZjYs2_0vksrAtF00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Rick Rickman</figcaption></figure><h2>🔴 Police find husband and wife on kitchen floor</h2><h2>🔴 Kids were present in the home, prosecutors said</h2><h2>🔴 GoFundMe says she had 4 daughters</h2><p>PERTH AMBOY — A Middlesex County man is charged with first-degree murder, according to authorities.</p><p>Prosecutors said police found Wellinton Leonardo and his wife on the floor of their kitchen early Saturday morning.</p><p>Perth Amboy police officers arrived at the home on Bertrand Avenue around 3 a.m., according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. Someone had called 911 to report a stabbing.</p><p>Rosana Rodriguez, 40, of Perth Amboy, had been stabbed. She was pronounced dead at the hospital soon after.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2K3eHg_0vksrAtF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2K3eHg_0vksrAtF00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Google Maps</figcaption></figure><p>Leonardo was also hospitalized though authorities didn't say what kind of injuries he had.</p><p>Investigators said Leonardo had killed his wife and that it was not a random act of violence.</p><p>Along with murder, Leonardo is charged with second-degree child endangerment. Children were in the home when the stabbing happened, prosecutors said.</p><p>He is also charged with weapons offenses.</p><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Wao1n_0vksrAtF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Wao1n_0vksrAtF00" width="1600" height="1067" ><figcaption>Rosana Rodriguez (Gustav J. Novak Funeral Home)</figcaption></figure><h2>GoFundMe seeks to support four daughters</h2><p>According to a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/remembering-rosanna-caring-for-her-kids?lang=en_US&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=facebook">GoFundMe</a>, Rodriguez was the mother to four girls. They are ages 13, 11, 3, and 11 months.</p><p>The fundraiser says it will pay for funeral expenses and support the children who now don't have their mother.</p><p>It had raised $7,900 in less than 24 hours as of midday Sunday.</p><p><a href="mailto:trenton.dme@townsquaremedia.com?subject=Feedback%20or%20correction">Report a correction</a> <i>👈 | 👉</i> <a href="https://nj1015.com/contact-nj-1015-newsroom/">Contact our newsroom</a></p><h2>12 of the most unique NJ events and festivals to enjoy this October</h2><p>It’s October in New Jersey and there is no shortage of events and festivals in the state during the 10th month of the year. Almost every town in every county has a festival of some sort for people to check out. Here are 12 of the most unique festivals in October in New Jersey:</p><h2>NJ schools that made the most calls to police</h2><p>These are the 30 schools in New Jersey that made the most notifications to police during the 2022-23 school year for reasons including violence, weapons, vandalism, substances and harassment or bullying. The number of arrests made by police at the schools is also provided when applicable. The schools are listed by number of police calls from least to greatest. The data comes from the state Department of Education's annual School Performance Report.</p></div></body>

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PERTH AMBOY — A Middlesex County man is charged with first-degree murder, according to authorities. Prosecutors said police found Wellinton Leonardo and his wife on the floor of their kitchen early Saturday morning. Perth Amboy police officers arrived at the home on Bertrand Avenue around 3 a.m., according to...